Social Media and Great Leadership

Figuring out how to interact with and use digital media gracefully is a challenge for many adults. A day doesn’t pass that I don’t hear adults express some degree of despair about social media and how it relates to the education of their children.

Disregarding the tendency of people to dislike and ignore what they don’t understand, Dr. Cole encourages others to believe in social media and understand its power. In the interview she comments,

I’m telling you if you don’t get with the social media, you’re gone. I’m not kicking and screaming anymore. I understand the power of social media. . . . Our challenge is to make sure that the social media instruments that we use keep a human face, that it’s grounded in the humanness of what this museum is all about.

Learn more about Dr. Cole’s museum leadership.

Other comments by Dr. Cole (read her Gale biography) speak to the need to embrace differences and accept change. She also touches on the need for all of us, and especially our children, to learn to collaborate.

At the core of my leadership style is a collaborative spirit… 28 women and men — working collaboratively.

I’m trained as an anthropologist. It’s like a pair of eyeglasses, lenses that you put on that help you see the world in a particular way. And mainly what those glasses help you to see is the differences in human communities, but also the similarities.

Marti Weston, Blog Proprietor

This Blog’s Mission

This blog aims to help parents, teachers, and other adults learn more about life in today’s digital world so they can help children grow into robust digital citizens. Today, more than ever, young people need knowledgeable adults in their lives, individuals who are comfortable serving as mentors and guides.